Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning as bright bolts striking the ground, the vast majority of lightning ...

Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: ...

Scientists who study lightning say the more they can learn, the more society can work to protect people and property from ...

Skies will be partly cloudy this morning in the mountains and along the Front Range with upper level moisture producing a blend of cloud structures - which should be neat to look at. The main story ...

April 2025 photo of a surfer paddling out at the Huntington Beach pier. A south swell bringing elevated surf up to 6 feet high and rip currents are on tap along the coast. (Allen J. Schaben/Los ...

Parts of Massachusetts are under a severe thunderstorm warning on Wednesday night as clouds could bring isolated showers and heavy winds. As a cold front passes over the region, rainfall rates between ...